Obituaries
Joseph W. Albea (GySgt. USMC, Ret.)
Jun 5, 2013
Joseph W. (Joe) Albea, (GySgt, USMC, Ret.), 82, of Albany, GA, died Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 10:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery with military honors.A native of Greenwood, SC, Mr. Albea had resided...
Donald B. Wiggins
Jun 4, 2013
Donald B. Wiggins, 87, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Chaplain Will Archibald will officiate.A native of Sycamore, GA, Mr. Wiggins was a World War II veteran serving in the United States Army. He was employed with Dougherty County for...
Jesse Frank Piland
Jun 4, 2013
Jesse F. Piland, 95, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at the chapel of Sherwood Baptist Church. Ross Powell and Rev. Tom Pollock will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.A native of Pelham, GA, Mr. Piland graduated from Pelham High School, where...
Thelma Jewell Griffin
Jun 4, 2013
Thelma Jewell Griffin, 86, of Albany, GA died Thursday, July 4, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced.In lieu of flower those desiring may make memorials to The American Heart Association, The American Kidney Foundation, or The American Cancer Society.To sign our online registry or to send condolences to the family, you may visit Mathews’ website...
Freda Estelle Cochran
Jun 4, 2013
Freda Estelle Harber Cochran, 104 of Albany, GA, died June 4, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. George Howell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Centerville, TN, born to George and Eveline Harber, Mrs. Cochran had resided in Albany, GA since 1961...
David Hinton Adkins
Jun 2, 2013
David Hinton Adkins, 59 of Albany died Sunday, June 2, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Walter Flint and Rev. Chris Mullis will officiate. Interment will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.Mr. Adkins was a native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA and was a 1972...
Joan Hayes Marsh
May 30, 2013
Joan Hayes Marsh, 82, of Leesburg, GA died Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. (CST) at Union Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Brundidge, AL. Rev. Steve Allen will officiate.Born in Abington, VA, Mrs. Marsh had resided in Mobile, AL since 1964 and served as city...
William Wade Harrell
May 28, 2013
William Wade Harrell, 56, of Albany, GA, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at his home. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 3, 2013 at10:00 AM at Beacon Baptist Church. Rev. Reagan Marsh will officiate. Interment to follow at Floral Memory Gardens.A native of Winter Haven, FL, Mr. Harrell has lived in Albany, GA since the mid 1960's and was...
Gwendolyn Swilley
May 27, 2013
Gwendolyn Swilley, 96, of Catoosa, OK, formerly of Albany and Leesburg, GA, died Monday, May 27, 2013 at her residence in Catoosa, OK. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery in Pelham, GA.A native of Camilla, GA, born to the late...
Euvida Castleberry Spivey
May 27, 2013
Euvida Spivey, 89, of Albany, GA, died May 27, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Ross Powell and Rev. Tom Pollock will officiate. A private family committal service will follow at Floral Memory Gardens.A native of Andalusia, AL, Mrs. Spivey was born September 16, 1923 to the late...
Emma Jane Wood
May 27, 2013
Emma Jane Wood, 89, of Albany, GA, died May 27, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. The family will receive friends Thursday, May 30, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. No formal funeral services will be held.Born in Washington D.C., Mrs. Wood had resided in Albany since 1957. She was an active supporter of the Albany...
Joyce Earline Gonzalez
May 27, 2013
Joyce Earline Gonzalez, 86, of Albany, GA, died May 27, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 PM at the chapel of Sherwood Baptist Church. Rev. Tom Pollock and Ross Powell will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Wrens, GA, born to the late Henry Forest Wren and Lillian...
Evelyn Ruth Dally
May 26, 2013
Caring mother and wife, Evelyn Ruth Dally, 81, died May 26, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Carl Dunn will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Knoxville, TN, born to the late Claude and Johnsie Cook Scarbrough, Mrs. Dally had resided in...
Helen Hogge Rooks
May 25, 2013
Helen Hogge Rooks, 95, of Beaufort, SC, formerly of Albany, GA passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Rooks was born on October 5, 1917, the first of five siblings to the late Clinton & Lucille Hogge. She was a United States Coast Guard veteran of World War II, and resided in Albany for many years,...
Hayward F. O'Neal
May 24, 2013
Hayward F. O'Neal, 90, of Sylvester, GA formerly of Albany, GA died May 24, 2013 at Pine Shadows Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3:00 PM at Shiloh Baptist Church at Cotton Hill GA. Rev. Steve Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.A native of Geneva County, AL, Mr. O'Neal graduated from Andalusia High...
Ann Odom Bush
May 24, 2013
Ann Odom Bush, 74, of Newton, GA., died Friday May 24, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Newton Baptist Church, Newton, GA. Rev. Chris Mullis and Rev. Jamie Sanders will officiate. Interment will follow in Newton City Cemetery.Mrs. Bush was a life-long resident of Newton, GA and...
Ola Omega Smith Morris
May 23, 2013
Ola Omega Smith Morris, 93, of Albany, GA, died Thursday, May 23, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Tom Pollock and Mr. Ross Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.A native of Doerun, GA, Mrs. Morris had resided in Albany, GA for...
Salli A. Harrell
May 21, 2013
Salli A. Harrell, 32, of Leesburg, GA, died May 21, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday at 11:30 AM at Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Nancy Scarbrough will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM at Mathews Funeral Home.A native of Albany, GA, Salli had lived in the...
Robin Fetina Rhodes Cater
May 20, 2013
Robin Fetina Rhodes Cater, 49, of Leesburg, GA, died Monday, May 20, 2013 at her residence. A memorial service will be conducted Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Leesburg. Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate.Mrs. Cater was born in Albany, GA and resided in Baker Co., GA as a child and moved to Leesburg,...
Kolton Ryan Lloyd Stone
May 20, 2013
Kolton Ryan Lloyd Stone, infant son of Michael Stone, Jr. and Nicole Tarrer, of Nashville, GA, died Monday, May 20, 2013 at SGMC Berrien Campus, Nashville, GA. Graveside services will be held, Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. William (Billy) Sumner will officiate.In addition to his parents a survivors include, his sister, Grace Stone of Nashville, GA, maternal...
